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Kivotos

Community in Greece

Kivotos Κιβωτός
Community
40°12.3′N 21°26.6′E / 40.2050°N 21.4433°E / 40.2050; 21.4433
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Macedonia
Regional unit	Grevena
Municipality	Grevena
Municipal unit	Irakleotes
Area
• Community	25.281 km² (9.761 sq mi)
Elevation	680 m (2,230 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Community	331
• Density	13/km² (34/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	510 30
Area code(s)	+30-2462
Vehicle registration	PN

Kivotos (Greek: Κιβωτός) is a village and a community of the Grevena municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Irakleotes, of which it was a municipal district.^[2] The 2021 census recorded 331 residents in the village.^[1] The community of Kivotos covers an area of 25.281 km².^[3] According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 160 Greek Christians, 500 Vallahades (Grecophone Muslims) and 50 Romani lived in the village in 1900.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
^ Kanchov, Vasil, Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics, Sofia, 1900, book 2, p. 46. Written as "Кривци". (in Bulgarian)